Christmas Spirit - Energy Saving style

So we did the Christmas thing last weekend and hung some lights across the front of the house.

Our neighbours across the road decided to do the same so they got a bit of festoon (you know the lamp holders with the light bulbs you loop around the veranda) and put them up. now every year they have nice 40w coloured lamps, but not this year- oh no.

This year they replaced them all with 10w Compact Flouro lamps. When we look out the windows it is now daylight across the road and halfway down the street.

Now I am all for energy saving (upto a point) but it kinda ruins the mood when it gives you retina burn.

Chicken or Egg ?? Coles knows

I got a cooked chook from Coles the other day and noticed the most bizarre label on the back of the bag. Now I've written abbout bizarre labellling on packages before, but this takes the biscuit.



May contain traces of egg due to shared equipment ? I guess one ends the neck end and the other is where the eggs come out....

Now I know it actually means that the handling equioment or production plant also handles egg products as some people are allergic to eggs but not chicken. But it made me laugh on first reading.

Being bad to make the kids be good

So its the time of the year when you can use the 'Santas watching' excuse to its maximum effect.

I came up with the best scam the other day. The wifes parents were visiting and my 5yr old was being a right stroppy little bugger.

I have a work phone - a Nokia - that can be set to announce the name of the caller that it finds in the address book. I added the mother-in-laws mobile number with the name Santa Claus.

I got the wife to call from the other room and made sure the little girl heard it announce Santa calling. I made sure to tell him how naughty the little girl was and that he will need to keep an eye on her over the next couple of weeks to see if she should get her presents.

Is that using technologyy for evil ? maybe, but she was good for the rest of the night....